Two of our warriors have transitioned. Alton Maddox and Harry Belafonte fought on different fronts, requiring different skills and different weapons. They both had the same objective: Freedom from oppression wherever they found it.

Alton H. Maddox Jr (July 21 1945 – April 23 2023) practiced law and used it as a weapon against the entrenched racism in the criminal justice and legal system. It has been said he was so successful that he had to be disarmed, and that’s the reason his license was taken away.

Harry Belafonte (March 1 1927 – April 25 2023) was a gifted actor/activist/humanitarian and used his immense fame as both a shield and a weapon, giving him the wherewithal to pursue the essential work of providing funding to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., paying bail for others in the movement, helping strategize the 1963 March on Washington and bringing attention to injustices he saw around the world.
It is up to those left behind to continue the struggle.
-David Mark Greaves